The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-05-28

towers OF New York. 700 men and
women. mainly between the ages OF Is
and S5, manipulate the electric ma
chimes that scatter and receive the tele-
Graphic correspondence of the mctrop-
oils. For several years women have
been employed side by side with men In
this great work-room, and as the sexes
have never been divided. but almost
every girl and woman has been brought
Mt one time and another to the sido OF
almost every man. this is a splendid
vantage point for studying the problem
presented by this new phase of city life.
The questions that it was necessary
to ask first put to Mr.. William j..
Dealey. the manager.
..Has it been your experience" in
quired. "that ladies in business lose
their feminine ambition 10 marry and
keep house? Do they marry in any less
proportion In business than they do from
the homes of thelande"
my experience" said Mr.. Dealcy.
.'is that ladies in business become TO
certain extent independent, consequent
ly more self-reliant. naturally more
exacting, more critical. less sentimental
better able generally to take care OF
themselves. and that their marriages
are more wisely planned and result in n
greater average of happiness than II
they had less means OF observation.
MY experience is that there arc more
marriages between people in business In
the same Office than there would be be-
tween the same number of men and
women il not so closely associated In
business. Their judgment in the choice
of life partners Is excellent, simply boz
cause OF their experience. The bow
see many kinds of girls. and the giss
an equal variety of boys, and they learn
To compare the qualities OF those
around them"
.Then business does not rob woman
OF feminine qualities she still wants
to be wife and fulfill her natural part
in life?" inquired.
Eyes
"Are lady operators in this Office
robbed of their graces and charms by
the discipline of business?"
mo. on the contrary they add to
their charms by being constantly on
their dignity, which Is necessary out
come OF discipline. Women in business
lead two lives, one business life and
the other social life. The training
of their business life makes them prac-
4 a. - L. L..
social life. The majority of them
| (perhaps IL may be said that all of
them) have dependents upon them ut
home, and the sense of responsibility
thus developed necessarily makes them
good housekeepers-good managers
you have had long experience
here in room where 200 ladies and
500 men are together every day; has IL
been your experience that this contact
has ever caused any scandal or would
cause you to advise parents to keep
their daughters out Of business?'
mo" Mr.. Dealey replied 81 have
never known OF anything that had tho
shadow Of scandal arising from any
such contract. and instead of advising
parents not to send their daughters
to business, know OF no better school
for those daughters.
Really, view of the 700 operators
at their work was in itself an answer to
many Of the questions ono desired To
ask on this subject. The girls and wo-
men were singularly feminine in all
their ways. No attempt at Identification
had been missed. They were comedy
lot of young women, and not only were
their faces soft aud plump and rosy and
their coifures modish. but they wore all
those little destinations. In the shape OF
bows and ribbons and rings and elabor-
ately draped garments. which every
properly constituted member OF tho sex
so dotes upon. Their rounded forms
gave no testimony against tho health
fulness OF their business. Wherever "A
girl was for a moment unoccupicd with
business she took up knitting. embroid-
cry. crotchetting or newspaper. Ii Is
said that the talk of these girls among
themselves Is usually practical. sensible
and upon serious topics The most i'm
tercsting thing observed there was the
practical turn Of mind and the very
creditable ambition Of those little girls
called ''pick-ups." who are employed tn
carry telegram hither and thither
among the operators,
When the dinner hour came some
applied themselves to practice among
the instruments and some to learning